The Art of Customization: Personalizing Your Home Renovation

According to recent statistics, 74% of homeowners have a greater desire to be in their homes after completing a home remodeling project. About 77% of these homeowners feel a major sense of accomplishment, and 65% say they experienced increased enjoyment. 

With statistics like this, it's unsurprising that home remodeling is on the rise, with more Americans wanting to remodel their homes and customize them according to their current wants and needs. However, customizing one's home can be tricky, and despite what some might say, it is an art form. That is why it's often best to renovate your home with the assistance of an exclusive home design, build, and remodeling company like G&L and Sons Renovations. 

At G&L and Sons Renovations, we're a family-owned business with experience in customized home remodeling in Montclair, NJ. We've worked with hundreds of happy clients and helped them unravel the art of customization to enjoy a personalized home renovation. In this blog, we'll tell you more about this process and how to personalize your home renovation.

What Are Personalized Style Preferences In Home Renovations? 

Naturally, every homeowner has personal style preferences and a unique vision for their living spaces. However, as time goes on, style preferences change. What you like now might not be what you liked before you bought your home. When this happens, you need to consider a renovation and look into home customization services in NJ. 

Through customization, you can tailor your new vision for places like your bathroom, kitchen, basement, bedroom, and home additions to your current likes. 

But what exactly are personalized style preferences in home renovations? It's simple: they are changes you want to make surrounding architectural changes and design element customizations. Below, we've detailed what each of these changes means so that you can better understand which suits your remodeling goals. 

Architectural Customizations

It can be difficult to understand architectural changes to a home during the remodeling process. Often, people ask what counts as an architectural change to customize or personalize a home renovation. Answering this can be challenging since architectural changes can mean different things to different people. But the basic answer is that architectural customizations refer to changing the structure of your home to set it apart and create a space you feel more at home within. 

Common examples of architectural customizations include updating cabinets in kitchens and bathrooms, adding built-in bookshelves in bedrooms, and adding bespoke staircases or building additions to primary suites. You can even architecturally customize further by using personalized handles on cabinets or installing cornices on ceilings. 

If you're interested in any of these things, you likely want to speak with a builder about personalizing your home by changing architectural features. At G&L and Sons Renovations, we take pride in our ability to design and construct these unique architectural features, and we can ensure that every detail aligns with your vision.

Design Element Customizations

So, you know what architectural customizations are, but what are design element customizations? In simple terms, design element customizations are personal remodeling choices that reflect your personality and what you want a space to look like. 

When looking into how to plan your home renovation, you need to consider design element personalization that will reflect who you are and how you want your home to look. Common examples of design element customizations include installing unique lighting fixtures, changing the type of flooring in your home, and repainting or wallpapering certain sections to reflect how you want a space to look. 

So, if you are remodeling a kitchen, for example, and the room has a very old-fashioned look with outdated appliances, chipped tiles, and drab coloring, you can renovate it to look more modern. To do this, you can replace your outdated appliances with new and improved models, install new flooring, and slap a new coat of paint on the walls. 

To take it a step further, you can even specifically choose the colors and materials you want that best display the modern aesthetic you now want. Things like decor, custom furniture, and nifty smart appliances can also help spruce up a space and personalize it even further after you've customized various design elements during your remodel. 

What Are Practical Tips For Personalizing Your Home Renovation

Now you know the differences between architectural and design element customizations and how they can help you personalize your remodeling project. With this in mind, we thought it would be a good idea to share a few practical personalized home renovation tips:

• Don't be afraid to think outside the box: When it comes to personalizing your home, explore unique home renovation ideas with your remodeling company. Custom home renovations are all about considering your current likes and if they will help you fall in love with your home all over again and continue to do so for years to come. So think about your stylistic preferences and delve into color palettes and custom cabinetry to find what you want. It's your home, so remodel it however you want to. There is no rule book. In fact, the rule book has been thrown out the window.

• Establish a budget early on: The costs can quickly add up when you're personalizing your home and looking at everything you want to change during a remodel. So, although you should be thorough in determining what you want to be done, you also need to be realistic, and this could involve having a few harsh discussions with yourself surrounding your budget. However, if you work with a skilled remodeler, they can help you determine what should stay and what might be better suited to be added later.

• Know why you want to remodel: Before you embark on a remodeling journey involving personalization and customization, you must know why you want to renovate a particular space. For example, is your bathroom cramped, and you're frustrated with twisting and turning in awkward positions, or do you want your in-laws to live with you, so you need to add another room to the home? Once you know the why, you can get involved in the 'how do we do this' and begin ideating the customization aspect of your remodel.  
  
  
• Do things the legal way: Some people have grand ideas surrounding their home remodels. Although nothing is wrong with this, ensuring that what you renovate is done legally is important. Often, there are bylaws in place that can affect home additions, for example. So, to avoid running into any issues with your local bylaw office, it's best to have a professional contractor like G&L and Sons Renovations handle the renovation. They will know what legally can and cannot be done, saving you time, stress, and money in the long run. 
  
  
• Stay away from trends: Something trendy now might not be as trendy ten years from now. That's why it is best not to customize your renovation project based on the year's latest trends. Take the time to think of your style and what you will enjoy for a long time, and do that rather than create a carbon copy of every other modern renovation that is 'hot' right now. 

Speak About Your Home Renovation Customization Preferences With G&L and Sons Renovations Today

At G&L and Sons Renovations, we excel at creating customized spaces that reflect our client's uniqueness and style preferences. Our approach to customized home renovations is centered around understanding each homeowner's individual needs and desires. We will work with you to identify what you want to achieve and help you receive a personalized end result that makes you happy. 

So why not work with us and let our expert team share personalized home renovation tips and custom home renovation services in NJ with you? Whether it's a kitchen remodel, a bathroom or bedroom update, or a complete home renovation, we are committed to creating spaces that homeowners are proud to call their own. Contact us here to learn more about how we can help you.  

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To recap, plan your project carefully and take the time to explore what matters most to you.
If you live in our northern NJ area, and are ready to create the project of your dreams we'd love to hear from you.